Curtain Falls on Maiden 1XBET Grassroots Football Today

Curtain will be drawn on the maiden 1XBET Community Football Championship this afternoon in Lagos when Odion Ighalo FC and Bariga FC  battle for the top prize.

This final game at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Lagos Island is the climax of  six weeks of pure grassroots football contests across five different communities in Lagos State. 

According to the organisers of the championship, Match International Limited led by Engr. Waidi Akanni, the final match of the championship between Odion Ighalo FC and Bariga FC, is to be preceded by a novelty five-a-side football match between Lagos Legends, a group of former footballers.

Also, the third-place game between De Elites FC and Young Strikers FC will hold before the grande finale.

Akanni expressed his excitement over the championship, praising 1XBET for offering to sponsor it.

“We give profound gratitude and appreciation to 1XBET for sponsoring this championship. We have had several grassroots football competitions hosted in different parts of Nigeria. Yet, I can confidently tell you that the 1XBET Community Football Championship has set a lofty and enviable benchmark for grassroots football development in Nigeria,” observed the former Nigerian international who is also a former Chairman of Lagos FA.

The Match International Limited Chief Executive Officer was also happy over the quality offered by the non-league players.

“We are very impressed by what we have seen so far, in the championship. All the teams and officials have showed that with more of such competitions, there’s hope for non-league players, as well as, young players to express their innate talents for further exposure,” concludes Akanni.

Meanwhile, Former Minister of Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro; Chairman of Lagos Island East LGA, Hon. Muibi Folawiyo (Pepper); Senator Wasiu Eshinlokun and other eminent Lagosians are expected at the final match of the championship.